- (1906 - 1955) Active on Broadway in the following productions:
- (1906) Stage Play: The District Leader. Musical comedy. Music by Joseph E. Howard. Lyrics by Joseph E. Howard. Book by Joseph E. Howard. Scenic Design by Meixner and Frank Platzer. Costume Design by M. Simowitch and Mme. Osborne. Directed by Joseph E. Howard [earliest Broadway credit]. Wallack's Theatre: 30 Apr 1906- 5 May 1906 (8 performances). Cast: Joseph Allen (as "Dan Lowton"), Miss Barnes (as "Chinese Maiden"), Fred J. Barnes (as "Mr. Partridge"), Allen Bennett (as "Clinton Goddard"), William S. Davis (as "Willie Carter"), Diamond Donner (as "Florrie Fenshaw"), Minnie Dupree [credited as Miss Dupree] (as "Chinese Maiden"), Ida Emerson (as "Valeska Granger"), Marie Fanchonetti (as "Chinese Maiden"), Miss. Gordon (as "Chinese Maiden"), Mark Hart (as "Sam Grady"), Joseph E. Howard (as "Jack Dunning"), Leonard B. Hoyt (as "Hop Lee"), Gertrude Jenkins (as "Chinese Maiden"), Dave Lewis (as "Tom Cole"), Charles M. McDonald (as "Ezra Whittle"), Miss O'Neill (as "Chinese Maiden"), Leona Pam (as "The Belle of Chinatown"), Miss Porter (as "Chinese Maiden"), Florence Sinnott (as "Grace Lowton"), Miss Stockwell (as "Chinese Maiden"), E.G. Stockwell (as "Dutch"), Harry Stone (as "Tim Halloran/Jim Halloran"), Mark Sullivan The Man Who Wants to Bet"), Miss Urmazy (as "Chinese Maiden"), Miss West (as "Chinese Maiden"). Produced by Walter C. Lindsay and Frank J. Sardam.
- (1907) Stage Play: The Land of Nod and The Song Birds. Musical. Music by Joseph E. Howard. Book by Frank Adams and William M. Hough. Lyrics by Frank Adams and William M. Hough. Music for Act II by Victor Herbert. Music arranged by George V. Hobart. Featuring songs by Joseph Hart [final Broadway credit]. New York Theatre: 1 Apr 1907- 15 Apr 1907 (17 performances). Cast: Frank Adams (as "Makea Damash"), John T. Barrett (as "Pat McGuire"), Mabel Barrison (as "Bonnie"), Louis Berri (as "Gesund Heit"), Helen Bertram (as "The Jack of Hearts/Madame Yellba"), George Blair (as "Dubist Fericht"), Walter Blair (as "The Hair Tonic"), William Burress (as "The Sandman/Oscar Hammerstein"), Laura Castle (as "Mucha Dayell"), Henry Clair (as "Auf Wiedersehn"), Carrie De Mar (as "The Chorus Girl/Emma Screams"), Frank Demers (as "Fatta Daslob"), Henry Gibson (as "The Telephone"), John Harper (as "Louda Dascream"), Emily Hoff (as "Bonnie's Mother"), Joseph E. Howard (as "The Man in the Moon"), Notty Lyberopoulo (as "Robinson Caruso"), Fred McGurk (as "Diewacht Amrhine"), Neil McNeil (as "Wright Rong/The Welsh Rarebit"), Grace Millard (as "Sweeta Dapeach"), Powdy Moran (as "Bigga Dashine"), Peggy O'Neil (as "Sella Banan"), Molly Prince (as "Wasist Los"), Mary Rhodes (as "Achdu Liebe"), William Sellery (as "The Weather Man/A. La Monday"), Percy Smith (as "Peter Pantson"), Hazel Templeton (as "Aus Gespiel"), Gus C. Weinburg (as "The Joker/Con"), Know Wilson (as "The April Fool"), Arthur Wright (as "Raus Mittim"), Charles Wright (as "Alessandro Bouncey"), Lona Zytell (as "Giva Dakiss"). Produced by Will J. Block Amusement Co.
- (1907) Stage Play: The Time, the Place and the Girl. Musical comedy. Chatter by William M. Hough (credited as Will M. Hough) [earliest Broadway credit], Frank Adams, Frank Adams and Will M. Hough. Jingles and tunes by Joseph E. Howard. Directed by Ned Wayburn. Wallack's Theatre (moved to The Grand Opera House on 31 Aug 1908- close): 5 Aug 1907- 6 Sep 1908 (40 performances). Cast: George Anderson (as "Tom Cunningham, a rich man's son"), Harriet Burt (as "Mrs. Talcott, a widow"), Arthur Deagon (as "Happy Johnny Hicks, a gambler"), Elene Foster (as "Molly Kelly, a nurse"), Violet McMillen (as "Margaret Simpson, The Girl"), James Norval (as "Laurie Farnham, a black sheep"), Henry Alderson (as "Honeymoon Boy"), Fannie Bradshaw (as "Boarding School Girl/Spanish Girl"), Lillian Brow (as "Harlem Girl"), Lillian Brown (as "Nurse/Honeymoon Girl"), Ethel Cantor (as "Boarding School Girl/Dixie Girl"), Minnie Carruthers (as "Boarding School Girl/Dixie Girl"), Alice Chase (as "Nurse/Honeymoon Girl/New York Girl"), Blanche Cosley (as "Boarding School Girl/Dixie Girl"), Nellie DeForest (as "Boarding School Girl/Dixie Girl"), Larry Deagon (as "Honeymoon Boy"), George Ebner (as "Jasper Simpson, a thrifty farmer"), Sylvia Evlyn (as "Summer Girl/Honeymoon Girl/Mexican Girl"), Lillian Gilman (as "Boarding School Girl/Dixie Girl"), Effie Hamilton (as "Nurse/Honeymoon Girl/New York Girl"), Hubert Hornsby (as "Willie Talcott, a spoiled child"), Josephine Howard (as "Nurse/New York Girl"), Clyde Hunnewell (as "A Chauffeur/Honeymoon Boy"), Violet Inglish (as "Summer Girl/Mexican Girl"), George Johnson (as "A Coal Heaver"), Grace Lane (as "Boarding School Girl/Dixie Girl"), Camille LaVilla (as "Boarding School Girl/Dixie Girl"), Abertine Marr (as "Summer Girl/Honeymoon Girl/Spanish Girl"), Barney McConnell (as "An Attendant"), Richard McCullum (as "Honeymoon Boy"), Barney McGee (as "Honeymoon Boy"), Gertrude O'Conner (as "Summer Girl/Mexican Girl"), William O'Day (as "A Police Sergeant"), Bertha Peck (as "Boarding School Girl/Dixie Girl"), Berkeley Perrin (as "Summer Girl/Honeymoon Girl/Mexican Girl"), Ruth Pollo (as "Boarding School Gir/Dixie Girl"), Nan Pomery (as "Boarding School Girl/Spanish Girl"), Theresa Powers (as "Nurse/Harlem Girl"), Guy Primeau (as "Honeymoon Boy"), William Ricciardi (as "Pietro, an organ grinder"), Virginia Richmond (as "Nurse/Honeymoon Girl/Harlem Girl"), Eleanor Rose (as "Summer Girl/Spanish Girl"), John C. Rowe (as "Bud Simpson"), Joseph Simpson (as "Honeymoon Boy"), Victoria Stuart (as "Summer Girl/Harlem Girl"), Mattie Vance (as "Honeymoon Girl/Nurse/New York Girl"), Harry Willard (as "Honeymoon Boy"). Produced by Harry Askin and Mort H. Singer Co. Inc.
- (1908) Stage Play: The Flower of the Ranch. Musical comedy. Majestic Theatre: 20 Apr 1908- 2 May 1908 (16 performances). Produced by Joseph E Howard Amusement Company Inc.
- (1908) Stage Play: The Girl Question. Musical comedy.
- (1909) Stage Play: Stubborn Cinderella. Musical.
- (1909) Stage Play: The Goddess of Liberty. Musical/farce. Music by Joseph E. Howard. Book by Frank Adams and William M. Hough. Lyrics by Frank Adams and William M. Hough. Musical Director: Hugo Fry. Directed by Ned Wayburn and Percy F. Leach. Weber's Music Hall: 22 Dec 1909- 15 Jan 1910 (29 performances). Cast: Edward Abeles (as "Lord Jack Wyngate"), Charles Aveling (as "Lord Algernon Banbury"), Louis Casavant (as "Horace Butterworth"), Joseph Clark (as "Taxi Driver"), George W. Dachshund (as "Sigmund"), May De Sousa (as "Phyllis Crane"), Frances Demarest (as "Hope Butterworth"), Charles Fletcher (as "Adolph Muscle"), Florence Gerald (as "Lady FitzHugh Murray"), The Grey Trio (as "Coachers"), C.K. Kittridge (as "Mimi/Fifi"), Herbert Leonard (as "Rudolph Tuscle"), Miles McCarthy (as "Bill"), Grace McMeen (as "Chorus"), Edward Noble (as "George Spelvin"), W.T. Pinkham (as "Augustus Butterworth"), Marie Richmond (as "Mrs. Horace Butterworth"), Bert Smith (as "A Detective"), Sol Solomon (as "Lord Jack's Tailor"), Wilton Taylor (as "Harry McCormick"), Stella Tracy (as "Doris Butterworth"). Produced by Joseph E. Howard.
- (1927) Stage Play: Show Boat. Musical drama. Music by Jerome Kern. Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Lyrics for "Bill" by P.G. Wodehouse. Music and lyrics for "Goodbye, My Lady Love" by Joseph E. Howard. Music and lyrics for "After the Ball" by Charles K. Harris. Material adaption by Oscar Hammerstein II. Based on "Show Boat" by Edna Ferber. Musical Direction by Victor Baravalle. Choral direction by Will Vodery. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Scenic Design by Joseph Urban. Directed by E.B. 'Zeke' Colvan and Oscar Hammerstein II. Ziegfeld Theatre: 27 Dec 1927- 4 May 1929 (572 performances). Cast: Jules Bledsoe (as "Joe"), Alan Campbell, Bert Chapman, Laura Clairon, Jack Daley, Ted Daniels, Dorothy Denese, Charles Ellis (as "Steve"), Robert Farley, Estelle Floyd, Tommy Gunn (as "Vallon"), Annette Harding, Annie Hart, Aunt Jemima, J. Louis Johnson, Tana Kamp, Francis X. Mahoney, Howard Marsh, Helen L. Morgan (as "Julie"), Dagmar Oakland (as "Dolly"), Edna May Oliver (as "Parthy Ann Hawks"), Eva Puck, Mildred Schewenke, Eleanor Shaw, Phil Sheridan (as "Gambler"), Norma Terris (as "Magnolia/Kim, as a child"), Sammy White, Charles Winninger (as "Cap'n Andy"), Jack Wynn. Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. Note: Filmed by Universal Pictures as Show Boat (1929) and more notably again by Universal Pictures as Show Boat (1936), which while successful, suffered production delays and cost overruns that ultimately led to the downfall of Carl Laemmle's reign at Universal Pictures. Remade later by MGM as Show Boat (1951).
- (19??). Autobiography: "Gay Nineties Troubadour".
- (1955) Stage Play: Maurice Chevalier in an evening of Songs and Impressions [A solo musical revue in two acts]. Special/solo. Featuring songs with lyrics by Maurice Chevalier, André Hornez, William M. Hough, Frank Adams, Robert Lamoureux, Ben Smith, Vittonet, Leo Robin and Carmen Lombardo. Featuring songs by Fred Freed, Henri Betti, Joseph E. Howard [final Broadway credit], 'Harold Orlob' (qv, Henri Bourtayre, Jean Constantin, Maurice Chevalier, Louiguy, Francis Lopez, Richard A. Whiting and John J. Loeb. Company Manager: Robert Hector. Stage Manager: Windsor Lewis. Pianist: Fred Freed. Lyceum Theatre: 28 Sep 1955- 6 Nov 1955 (46 performances). Cast: Maurice Chevalier. Produced by Gilbert Miller.
- (1946) Stage Play: Show Boat. Musical Drama (revival). Music by Jerome Kern [posthumous credit]. Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Lyrics for "Bill" by P.G. Wodehouse. Music and lyrics for "Goodbye, My Lady Love" by Joseph E. Howard. Music and lyrics for "After the Ball" by Charles Harris [posthumous credit]. Book by Oscar Hammerstein II. Based on the novel by Edna Ferber. Musical Director: Edwin McArthur. Music orchestrated by Robert Russell Bennett. Choral Director: Pem Davenport. Associate Choral Dir: Will Vodery. Scenic Design by Howard Bay. Costume Design by Lucinda Ballard. Choreographed by Helen Tamiris. Staged by Hassard Short. Book directed by Oscar Hammerstein II. Ziegfeld Theatre: 5 Jan 1946- 4 Jan 1947 (418 performances). Cast: Jerome Addison (as "Singer"), Gilbert Adkins (as "Singer"), Carmine Alexandria (as "Singer"), Robert Allen (as "Steve"), Betty Barker (as "Child"), Ivory Bass (as "Singer"), Talley Beatty (as "Bora/Dancer"), Marta Becket (as "English/Dancer"), William Bender (as "Singer"), Seldon Bennett (as "Pete"), Janice Bodenhoff (as "French/Dancer"), Eleanor Boleyn (as "Indian/Dancer"), Thomas Bowman (as "Man with guitar"), Tom Bowman (as "Singer"), Grace Brenton (as "Singer"), Carol Bruce (as "Julie"), Robert Bulger (as "Singer"), Ralph W. Chambers (as "Vallon"), Edward Chappel (as "Singer"), Vivian Cherry (as "Italian/Dancer"), Jan Clayton (as "Magnolia/Kim"), William Cole (as "Singer"), Clarise Crawford (as "Singer"), Erno Czako (as "Singer"), Jack Daley (as "Jim"), Terry Dawson (as "Dancer"), Billy De Forest (as "Child"), Richard Di Silvera (as "Singer"), Helen Dowdy (as "Queenie"), Andrea Downing (as "Spanish Dancer"), Ralph Dumke (as "Cap'n Andy"), Buddy Ebsen (as "Frank"), Sara Floyd (as "Landlady"), Howard Frank (as "Backwoodsman"), Charles Fredericks (as "Gaylord Ravenal"), Lydia Fredericks (as "Dolly/Singer"), La Verne French (as "Sam/Dancer"), Adah Friley (as "Singer"), Dolores Gamble (as "Child"), Roland Gamble (as "Child"), John Garth III (as "Singer"), Betty Jane Geiskopf (as "Dancer"), Thomas Gomez (as "The Show Boat Ensemble"), Hayes Gordon (as "Singer/Barker"), Marion Hairston (as "Singer"), George H. Hall (as "Singer"), Katie Hall (as "Singer"), Carol Harriton (as "Dancer"), Edward Hayes(as "Child"), Vickie Henderson (as "Dancer"), Sheila Hogan (as "Sister"), Marion Holaves (as "Singer"), Eddie Howland (as "Dancer"), Jean Jones (as "Singer"), Elmira Jones-Bey (as "Dancer"), Frances Joslyn (as "Singer"), Charlotte Junius (as "Singer"), Paula Kaye (as "Strong Woman/Dancer"), Audrey Keane (as "Greek/Dancer"), Elana Keller (as "Scotch/Dancer"), Nancy Kenyon (as "Lottie"), Robert Kimberly (as "Singer"), James Lapsley (as "Singer"), Ora Leak (as "Dancer"), Gerard Leavitt (as "Dancer"), Carol Lewis (as "Child"), Olga Lunick (as "Russian/Dancer"), Collette Lyons [credited as Colette Lyons] (as "Ellie") [final Broadway role], Alyce Mace (as "Kim, child"), Francis X. Mahoney (as "Rubber Face"), Iris Manley (as "Mother Superior"), Bowling H. Mansfield (as "Singer"), Claude Marchant(as "Mala/Dancer"), Assotta Marshall (as "Ethel/Singer"), Linda Mason (as "Singer"), Albert McCary (as "Singer"), William McDaniel (as "Singer"), William Miller (as "Dancer"), Scott Moore (as "Windy"), Walter Mosby (as "Singer"), Nick Nadeau (as "Dancer"), Joe Nash (as "Dancer"), Billy O'Connor (as "Child"), Ethel Owen (as "Parthy Ann Hawks"), Pearl Primus (as "Sal/Dahomey Queen"), Miriam Quinn (as "Child"), Clarence Redd (as "Singer") [final Broadway role], Jean Reeves (as "Fatima"), Jeanne Reeves (as "Dancer"), Eulabel Riley (as "Singer"), Duncan Scott (as "Jeb"), Paul Shiers (as "Singer/Drunk"), Max Showalter (as "Jake"), Stanley Simmons (as "Dancer"), Frederica Slemons (as "Old Lady on the Levee"), William C. Smith (as "Doorman at Trocadero/Singer"), William Sol (as "Singer"), Kenneth Spencer (as "Joe"), Eugene Steiner (as "Child"), Sybil Stocking (as "Child"), Agnes Sundgren (as "Singer"), Alma Sutton (as "Ata/Dancer"), Charles Tate (as "Jimmy Craig"), Viola Taylor (as "Dancer"), Bettina Thayer (as "Sally/Singer"), Yvonne Tibor (as "Dancer"), Rodester Timmons (as "Singer"), Willie Torpey (as "Old Sport"), David Trimble (as "Singer"), Fannie Turner (as "Singer"), William Weber (as "Dancer"), Henry Wessel (as "Dancer"), Ethel Brown White (as "Singer"), Evelyn Wick (as "Singer"), Francisco Xavier (as "Dancer"). Replacement actors: Harry Asmus (as "Dancer"), Herbert Bennettson (as "Child"), Kenneth Demeaux (as "Child"), Gene Ferguson (as "Child"), Joan Jackson (as "Child"), Nancy Kenyon (as "Magnolia"), Michael Lee (as "Child"), Christina Lind (as "Singer"), Marcia Maier (as "Dancer/Greek"), Earl Redding (as "Singer"), Frances Schneider (as "Child"), Fred Thomas (as "Singer"), Grace Varick (as "Singer"), William Vaux (as "Dancer"), Evelyn Wick (as "Magnolia"), Tivis Wicker (as "Singer"), Lavinia Williams (as "Dancer"). Produced by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II. Note: Carole Bruce was the first actress to play (and sing) the role of Julie in a Broadway production of the show after it had been played by the legendary Helen Morgan. Ms. Morgan, who died in 1941, virtually owned the role and had played it in the original 1927 production, the first (1932) stage revival and in Universal's hit movie Show Boat (1936)_. Ms. Bruce withstood favorable comparisons to Helen Morgan. Film last remade by MGM as Show Boat (1951).
- (1932) Stage Play: Show Boat. Musical drama (revival). Music by Jerome Kern. Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. Lyrics for "Bill" by P.G. Wodehouse. Music and lyrics for "Goodbye, My Lady Love" by Joseph E. Howard. Music and lyrics for "After the Ball" by Charles Harris. Book adapted by Oscar Hammerstein II. Based on "Show Boat" by Edna Ferber. Musical Directors: Oscar Bradley and Sammy Lee. Directed by Oscar Hammerstein II. Casino Theatre: 19 May 1932- 22 Oct 1932 (180 performances). Cast: Bessie Allison, Bertha Fitzhugh Baker, Rachel Beech, J. Mardo Brown, A. Alan Campbell (as "Windy"), Billie Campbell, Mamie Cartier, Willy Lou Chalfant, Laura Clairon, Catherine Clark, Walter Costello, Jack Daley, Charles Davis, Henry Davis, Dorothy Denese, Leon Diggs, Evelyn Eaton, William Ehlers, Charles Ellis, Caja Eric, Robert Faricy, Estelle Floyd (as "Ethel"), Dell Fradenburg, John Fredrik, Tess Gardella, Ray Giles, Blanche Glenn, Thomas Gunn, Marion Hairston, Edgar Hall, Annie Hart, William Haskins, Mae Haygood, Mari Hellgren, Eunice Holmes, Maurine Holmes, Rhogenia Jamison, J. Louis Johnson, Charlotte Junius, Tana Kamp, V. Anne Kaye, Dennis King (as "Gaylord Ravenal"), Angeline Lawson, James Lillard, Henrietta Lovelace, Herbert Lyle, Francis X. Mahoney (as "Rubberface Smith") Pat Mann, Rose Mariella, Richard McAllister, Dolly McCormick, James McKay, John Mobley, Helen Morgan (as "Julie"), Ethel Moses, Lucia Moses, Edna May Oliver (as Parthy Ann Hawks), Joseph Olney, Ann Lee Patterson, Pauline Pennell, Inez Persand, Lancelot Pinard, Eva Puck (as "Ellie"), Hattie King Reavis, Wilburn Riviere, Paul Robeson (as "Joe"), Elsie Rossi, Jennie Salmons, Earle Sanborn, Mildred Schwenke, Phil Sheridan, Maude Simmons, Charles Spencer, James Swift, Wen. Talbert, Lucille Taylor, Norma Terris (as "Magnolia"), Wynn Terry, Tillie Thomas, Archie Thomson, Lee Timmans, Gladstone Waldrip, Gertrude Walker [final Broadway role], Billie Wallace, Elida Webb, Sammy White (as "Frank Schultz"), Charles Willis, Charles Winninger (as "Capt. Andy"). Produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. Notes: (1) Mr. Ziegfeld would die during production on 22 Jul 1932 at age 65. (2) Previously filmed by Universal Pictures as Show Boat (1929) and more notably later as Show Boat (1936), which while successful, suffered production delays and cost overruns that ultimately led to the downfall of Carl Laemmle's reign at Universal Pictures. Filmed again as Show Boat (1951).
- (1942) Stage Play: The Time, the Place and the Girl. Musical comedy (revival). Music by Joseph E. Howard. Book by Will M. Haugh, Frank Adams and Joseph E. Howard. Lyrics by William B. Friedlander. Revised by Will Morrissey and John Neff. Musical Director: Louis Katzman. Music orchestrated by Louis Katzman. Vocal arrangements by Louis Katzman. Choreographed by Carl Randall. Directed by William B. Friedlander. Mansfield Theatre: 21 Oct 1942- 31 Oct 1942 (13 performances). Cast: Olga Alexandrova (as "Ensemble"), Jimmy Allison (as "Ensemble"), Irene Carroll (as "Ensemble"), Evelyn Case (as "Mrs. Talcott, a widow"), Ray Cook (as "Ensemble"), Kendrick Coy (as "Ensemble"), Vicki Cummings (as "Molly Kelly, a nurse"), Robert Douglas (as "A Patient/Ensemble"), Kay Dowd (as "Ensemble"), Rhoda Gerard (as "Ensemble"), Sheila Herman (as "Ensemble"), Irene Hilda (as "Margaret Howard"), Joseph E. Howard (as "Joe Howard"), Fred Kuhnly (as "An Attendant/Ensemble"), Wilson Lang (as "Ensemble"), Marion Lulling (as "Ensemble"), Peggy Lynn (as "Ensemble"), Red Marshall (as "Happy" Johnny Hicks, a gambler"), Ray McGregor Ballerina"), Ruth Mitchell (as "Ensemble"), May Muth (as "Ensemble"), Clarence Nordstrom (as "Hjalmar Swenson"), Duke Norman (as "Willie Talcott, a spoiled child"), Dorothy Ostrander (as "Ensemble"), Doris Pare (as "Ensemble"), James Phillips (as "A Guide/A Police Sergeant/Ensemble"), Terry Saunders (as "Ensemble"), Rolfe Sedan (as "Mr. Duval"), Connie Sheldon (as "Ensemble"), Dot Sloane (as "Ensemble"), Fanette Stalle (as "Ensemble"), Gene Stern (as "Ensemble"), Dorothy Stirwalt (as "Ensemble"), Lee Sullivan (as "Tom Cunningham, a rich man's son"), Andrew Thurston (as "Ensemble"), Alfred Weber (as "Ensemble"), Richard Worth (as "Lawrence Farnham"), Helen Zurad (as "Ensemble). Produced by Georges D. Gersene. Note: Previously filmed by Warner Bros. as The Time, the Place and the Girl (1929).
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